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The University of Warwick is set to explore the use of a new type of solar cell material via a £2.2 million grant provided by the European Research Council (ERC).

A poll commissioned by electric utility company, Community Windpower Ltd (CWL) showed that 41% of the nationally representative sample of 1,000 UK adults disagreed with the proposed increase in windfall tax for solar and other renewably generated energy.

Following the end of the first share offer on 10 December 2022, the Big Solar Co-op, a Shrewsbury-based not-for-profit organisation, has announced that over 250 people have collectively invested more than £840,000 to support the development of a portfolio of solar projects.

Development of a 49.9MW solar farm in Kingston on Soar has been approved by Rushcliffe Borough Council.

The UK income fund, Bluefield Solar, has acquired a 46.4MWp solar portfolio from the North American firm specialising in real assets, Fengate Asset Management, increasing its portfolio to 813MWp.

In answer to a question posed by Fergus Ewing MSP in parliament earlier this week, Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, recognised the significant contribution solar could make in decarbonising Scotland’s energy supply, and told the chamber that a “clear vision” for the future development of solar will be presented in early January.

Vantage RE has entered the project development space in the UK, with the acquisition of two solar schemes, both co-located with battery energy storage systems (BESS), from JBM Solar.

The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a consultation into key changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme.

London-listed investment company, The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG), has secured a 100% equity interest in a Durham-based battery storage development project from RES, which when completed, will have a total capacity of 100MW/200MWh.

Pacific Green Technologies subsidiary, Pacific Green Battery Energy Parks 2 Limited, has acquired 100% of the shares for Sheaf Energy Park from energy originator, Tupa Energy (Holdings) Limited for £7.5 million.